Title :
An E-Health Readiness Assessment Framework for Public Health Services--Pandemic Perspective
Author :
Li, Junhua ; Ray, Pradeep ; Seale, Holly ; MacIntyre, Raina
Author_Institution :
Asia Pacific ubiquitous Healthcare Res. Centre, Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
A pandemic can increase the morbidity and mortality levels, and as a result cause social disruption and economic losses. E-Health, an application of information and communication technologies for health, may mitigate the impact of a pandemic by enhancing pandemic surveillance and control (e.g., rapid case reporting) and improving performance of medical practices (e.g., efficient documentation). The implementation of E-Health requires proper planning and management. E-Health readiness assessment represents an important step in change management, and including this step in the planning process increases the chances of E-Health implementation success. In this paper, we develop a framework of E-Health readiness assessment for a pandemic from healthcare organisational and providers´ perspectives.
Keywords :
epidemics; health care; management of change; medical computing; medical information systems; public administration; public information systems; change management; communication technology; e-health readiness assessment framework; economic loss; healthcare organisation; information technology; medical informatics; medical practice; morbidity level; mortality level; pandemic control; pandemic impact mitigation; pandemic surveillance; public health services; rapid case reporting; social disruption; Graph theory; Influenza; Medical diagnostic imaging; Public healthcare; Surveillance; Technological innovation; Assessment; E-Health; Evaluation; Framework; Pandemic; Public Health; Readiness;
Conference_Titel :
System Science (HICSS), 2012 45th Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Maui, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1925-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1530-1605
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.2012.95